Heavyweight Era 1965-1980

Born Cassius Clay in Louisville, he won gold in Rome at 18 and stunned Sonny Liston in 1964 to take the title at 22. Stripped in 1...

Olympic gold medalist in Tokyo 1964, Frazier won the undisputed heavyweight title in 1970 and beat Muhammad Ali in the 1971 Fight ...

The 1968 Olympic champion demolished Joe Frazier in two rounds in 1973 to take the crown, then famously lost it to Muhammad Ali in...

The Easton Assassin won the WBC crown from Ken Norton in 1978 by one of the closest decisions ever and went 48-0, one win short of...

A sculptured former Marine with a crouched, cross armed style, Norton split two fights with Ali and broke his jaw in winning the f...

Griffith turned pro after working in a New York hat factory and won the welterweight title from Benny Paret in 1961. In their 1962...

Escopeta, the Rifle, from the poor quarters of San Javier won the title from Nino Benvenuti in Rome in 1970 and defended it 14 tim...

Cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog who had screamed predictions for weeks, made good against the fearsome Sonny Liston on February 25 19...

In a tiny hockey rink before barely 2,400 spectators, Muhammad Ali leaned away and tagged Sonny Liston with a right hand so short ...

Two undefeated champions, Muhammad Ali 31-0 back from exile and Joe Frazier 26-0, met at Madison Square Garden with half the world...

George Foreman, a 3-1 underdog against unbeaten champion Joe Frazier, hurt him almost immediately and put him down three times in ...

Staged at 4 AM before 60,000 in Zaire with a music festival attached, the Rumble saw Muhammad Ali lean back on the ropes and let G...

In morning heat at the Araneta Coliseum, Muhammad Ali called it the closest thing to dying. Ali punished Joe Frazier early, Frazie...

Napoles left Cuba after professional boxing was banned there and built his career in Mexico City. He won the world welterweight ti...

Foster knocked out Dick Tiger at Madison Square Garden in 1968 to win the light heavyweight championship and defended it many time...